Originally Posted by Ebbie 2003
I made the point just to make it clear that while an FAA PPL has automatic night, the piggy-back does not.
Not quite accurate.
A FAA 61.75 issued 'based on a foreign license' provides parity with whatever the underlying foreign license provides.
So a 'piggyback license' can carry night priveliges if the underlyincg license (UK in this instance) carries night validation.
Getting issued with a 61.75 is quite easy,
However that is only part of the exercise, as has been stated, the Flight Review then needs to be undertaken and will comprise of a minimum of 1 hours ground and 1 hour in the air however you might wnt to typically expect double that.
Get a copy of the FAR/AIM and review it as most of the ground portion will be on FAA regulations.